loculicidal

English

Etymology

From Latin loculus (“cell”) + caedere (“to cut”). Compare French loculicide.

Adjective

loculicidal (not comparable)

  1. (botany) dehiscent through the middle of the back of each cell
    loculicidal capsules
    loculicidal dehiscence

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